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🌍 This year's World Energy Issues Monitor Middle East & Gulf States regional report reveals a region grappling with new pressures redefining what energy security truly means even before the recent conflict began. The challenge is no longer a question of resource availability but instead system readiness and execution at scale. ⚡ What’s driving the change? • AI is the defining uncertainty • Grids are now the pacing factor for energy transitions • Delivery ambition is colliding with infrastructure bottlenecks • Trust and equity are critical enablers States across the region are stepping up to continue to deliver clean and inclusive transitions despite the changes: from Saudi Arabia's ambitious scaling plans based on digital optimisation, to the UAE's continuous sytem-wide optimisation efforts and Lebanon's decentralised solar installations showcasing how decentralised bottoms-up innovation can build system resiliency. How best the region can build a future of more and better energy will depend on its ability to align infrastructure, policy regulations, and investments swiftly enough to meet rising demands. Find out more in the 2026 World Energy Issues Monitor MEGS Regional Report today: worldenergy.org/weim26 What do you think are the defining factors in the Middle East and Gulf States' energy transition journey? Let us know in the comments below! #EnergyTransition #AI #Infrastructure #PowerSystems #MiddleEast #Sustainability #EnergyLeadership

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